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The new Prima Pizza and Pasta in Vero Beach serves up grand opening and other specials

A large casserole of cannelloni filled with homemade ricotta, veal, pork and beef, marinara and cream sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese is baked in a brick oven and offered as a lunch special at Prima Pizza and Pasta. CONTRIBUTED BY MARIBETH RENNE

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Recently opened Prima Pizza and Pasta is hard at work earning a loyal following and thinking up new ideas to draw in customers.

Prima Pizza and Pasta has ‘all you can eat’ Tuesday nights, $5 off two large pizza specials and grand opening offerings.

But we took advantage of their fantastic lunch specials.

A large casserole of cannelloni filled with homemade ricotta, veal, pork and beef, marinara and cream sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese is baked in a brick oven and offered as a lunch special for only $7.95. My friend gobbled half of the dish and took the remaining half home for her lucky husband to enjoy.

I had the ‘old school spaghetini’ lunch special ($5.95) with a spicy marinara and plenty of shaved Parmesan and Asiago cheese. Like my friend, I was not able to eat the entire portion in one sitting but selfishly saved the rest to enjoy for my lunch the next day.

Included in the price of both lunch specials were soft, warm slices of fresh house-made bread accompanied by a seasoned dipping oil and crisp, colorful salads with a remarkably better than average house vinaigrette.

The restaurant is called Prima Pizza and Pasta so we felt compelled to try the pizza. Selecting a 12-inch regular thin crust pizza with cheese ($9.85), we bit into a crust that was delicious and uniformly crisp and light. Prima pizza sauce, very much like their marinara for pasta, is not a sweet sauce but is tangy and spicy. It makes for a good pizza.

In addition to pizza and pasta, Prima serves appetizers including mussels and calamari, wings, Paninis and subs, salads, and many Italian specialties such as chicken prepared various ways, veal scaloppini, veal chops, slow roasted pork, grilled swordfish and more. And don’t forget tiramisu and cannolis.

There is an open-air patio that connects Prima to another restaurant that serves breakfast and lunch so, in addition to plenty of indoor dining room seating, there is also outdoor seating for al fresco dining.

Located conveniently on 14th Avenue, Prima is close to many art galleries and shops so perhaps make time to peruse before or after an enjoyable meal.